Used in a Sentence

white-hot

How to use white-hot in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for white-hot.

Editorial note

And Charlie's "white-hot supersonic shrapnel" is bollocks of the purest sort.

Examples8
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of white-hot gathered in one view.

adjective

intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"

adjective

glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for white-hot.

adjective

intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"

adjective

glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"

Example sentences

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And Charlie's "white-hot supersonic shrapnel" is bollocks of the purest sort.

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Bourbon is nothing compared to the rush of white-hot outrage you can extract from a bureaucracy in full flower.

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If you're going to stay in a salaried job in our current white-hot market, you probably weren't going to start a company no matter what.

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I think that most of what I appreciate about Computer Modern is that it sends the neighborhood font nerds into fits of white-hot rage every time I use it.

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Processing power advancements have turned this long-suffering field into something of a white-hot ball of promise lately.

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When I saw the title I thought infrastructure meant network infrastructure, which seems like a white-hot area of innovation given how much internet traffic they consume.

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It did, however, have one lasting effect: the engineer that was pursued went from thinking fondly of his years at AWS to hating AWS and Amazon with a white-hot passion that still burns today.

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Wrap a chunk of granite in a chunk of sandstone, and you may end up chipping off bits of the sandstone for 10s, heating up until all the white-hot sandstone flies off in fragments at once for 2s, and then the granite flying further towards the ground until its yield strength is exceeded in a higher pressure regime, or it impacts the ground.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use white-hot in a sentence?

And Charlie's "white-hot supersonic shrapnel" is bollocks of the purest sort.

What does white-hot mean?

intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"

What part of speech is white-hot?

white-hot is commonly used as adjective.